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Undefeated prospect Luis Ramos Jr. tipped the scales at 134.8 pounds and hard-hitting Raymundo Beltran measured 134.2 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Lit Lounge at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.
Ramos Jr. (20-0, 9 KOs), of Santa Ana, Calif., will face the toughest test of his career in Beltran (25-5, 17 KOs), of North Hollywood, Calif., in a 10-round lightweight main event of the first Showtime boxing telecast of 2012, this Friday, Jan. 6, on ShoBox: The New Generation, live at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
Ramos Jr. and Beltran will face off for the NABA USA Lightweight Title in the main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Ramos is a stablemate of IBF bantamweight champion and WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares. In Beltran’s last ShoBox appearance he lost a debatable decision to undefeated prospect Sharif Bogere in an all-action fight on May 13, 2011.
Undefeated lightweight prospect Michael Perez weighed in at 134.6 pounds and fellow unbeaten prospect Omar Figueroa measured 134.4 pounds.
Perez (15-0-1, 9 KOs), of Newark, N.J., and Figueroa (13-0-1, 10 KOs), of Weslaco, Texas, will square off in a 10-round battle for the WBO Inter-Continental Youth Lightweight Title in the co-feature of an all-lightweight ShoBox.
Ramos vs. Beltran and Perez vs. Figueroa are presented by Golden Boy Promotions, sponsored by Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T. Tickets, priced at $25, $35 and $45, are on sale now and available for purchase at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, by calling (800) 827-2946 or online at www.fantasyspringsresort.com
Doors at Fantasy Springs will open at 6 p.m. PT on fight night and the first bell rings at 6:30 p.m. PT.
